Egypt Magic [1498]
Seaethonite Sat Hathor Unit Jewelry Box The Metropolitan Museum of New York
Made of ebony, ivory, gold, onyx, blue porcelain and silver
The handle is a copper alloy
Made during the reign of the king the rule of Senusret II – Amenemhat III (1887-1813 BC), family 12
Dimensions: length 46 cm; Height 36.7 cm; The width is 32.5 cm
The British Antiquities Mission in Egypt discovered it in 1914 in its tomb next to the pyramid of King Senusret II in the Lahoun area at the entrance to Fayoum
The box is decorated with grandfather pillars, symbolic of the phantom doors, similar to the phantom doors in ancient Egyptian temples. The box cover is a symbol of beauty.
Princess Citathonet, the fund’s owner, means ′ daughter of Hathor
There were cosmetics with the box, such as a mirror, a drawer with two blades, razors, a dish of cosmetics and sharpening stones, now in the Egyptian Museum.